Mater Amatisima (2017)
• October 20th, 2017 • 0h 55min
Documentary
Overview
Given the fetishizing and normalizing character that is given to motherhood in patriarchy in order to perpetuate the social order, do we truly choose to be mothers? Why is care, of fundamental vital labor, presupposed as an especially appropriate task for women?
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